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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1902
Page
6
ADDITIONAL LOCAL LOUGHRAN and Bauer offer wall paper paint brushes and mixed goods. Judish Bros sell Colteatr barber soap and Chamberlains tablets are praised by druggists. A Nevada wedding report and a fire alarm at Robt Cairns place are noted along with a theater night featuring Fred Coggeshall and a lengthy court anecdote about Miss Lawin and strawberries.
Chas M Cramer a Colombo watchmaker endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs colds and hoarseness in children. He notes rapid relief from chest colds after using it for two years and says many others have been persuaded to try it with satisfactory results. For sale by all druggists.
Carpet weaving business advertises made to order rugs and silk curtains by A designs at the last house on Duff street south side.
An Irish widow receives a writ from a sheriff and uses quick wit to stall the court date. She jokes about leap year and courting, prefers the sheriff do the courting, and jokes about needing a priest as the justice waits.
In a Chicago Tribune piece a man named Briggins rejects a request for cash to run the house and later declines acting as security on a $500 note. He cites a family rule requiring wife consultation before such actions.
The article notes Sweden’s near endless days in June with the sun setting briefly before 10 and rising again four hours later. Refraction near the north pole makes midnight light, enabling reading fine print without artificial light during the “night.”
A writer argues for pronouncing places as locals do, recommending St. Louis as St. Lewis and New Orleans as New Awl-yins with emphasis on the Awl sound. The piece notes the difficulty of fixing pronunciation in print.
Allie Jackson of Farmer City Illinois reports his seven month old baby suffered stomach and bowel issues until Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin was used. A ten cent bottle from Hud's drug store started improvement and after a month the child regained weight and good health. Sold by L. M. Bosworth.
Tickets will be sold April 20 to 27 inclusive with return validity until June 25. The fare is offered on the North Western Line for the Federation of Women's Clubs convention. Services include Through Drawing Room and Tourist Sleeping Cars daily and personally conducted trips twice weekly. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway.
Reduced fare excursion tickets to the Oddfellows Celebration in Jefferson Iowa will be sold April 24 and 25 with return validity only through April 26. Apply to agents of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
An item listing an open face watch noted as an excellent time-keeper. Instructions claim it teaches how to acquire it through the Times-Republican in Marshalltown Iowa.
Marshalltown holds its Second Annual Carnival and Fourth of July Jubilee from June 30 to July 5 with a grand fireworks display worth $5,000 and a $1,000 Carnival Queen’s Chariot. Excursion rates on all roads promoted as the west’s grandest carnival with abundant amusements.
A Walnut Street Turkish cigarette dealer sells $4.50 per pound imported tobacco to connoisseurs who can afford it. Some mix it with Virginia long cut to extend usage. The tobacconist argues duty could push Turkish tobacco to $60 per pound in the United States.
The passage recalls Sir Boyle Roche famed for his quips on the hustings. He claimed if elected he would curb smuggling on the Shannon by stationing two frigates at the river mouth to intercept all passing ships. He also quipped that England and Ireland should live together like sisters, opposing an anti ministerial motion by saying it was at the bottom of the bottomless pit.
A compact account traces Bedlam from its Bethlem asylum roots established in 1523 to later rebuilds, noting the era's ignorance and the cruel routines such as chained inmates, flogging, and lunar-linked punishment, highlighting the notorious conditions up to 1812.
A rural west England farmer repeatedly faces magistrates for cattle straying on the highway. At a prior hearing his quip to the bench drew laughter, prompting the chairman to press for a plea while the farmer requests leniency for a "regular customer."
The ad asserts the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia breeds malaria germs causing fever chills and body pains. It promotes Electric Bitters as a complete cure preventing typhoid and notes John Charleston of Byesville Ohio and L M Bosworth guarantee satisfaction at 50 cents.
If you are going to California apply to agents Chicago and North Western Bay about the through Tourist Sleeping Car service to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Round trip tourist tickets on sale daily.
Liquid stomach remedy marketed by L M Bosworth. Product claims to relieve indigestion and aid digestion, with branding tied to Dr Caldwell. Exact active ingredients not listed, typical patent medicine style of the era.
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